Northern Mockingbird

[Paul Merritt]

The red background provided courtesy of a brick wall.

Av Mode ISO 100 f/5.6 1/250 sec

[Dan Brown]

I like the red BG! A couple of things - Iightening the eye would improve the whole image, maybe even adding a tiny eye catchlight! (too bad the head wasn't turned up a little). I would like to see more space on the right, the tail is very close to the edge. Nice pose!

Dan Brown,

[Lana Hays]

Paul
That brick wall really compliments the color and detail of the mocker. A very sharp image. A head turn sure would have been nice....but sometimes they just have a mind of their own. Perhaps you'll have more chances. I have a couple of mockers that come to my window at school as I feed them raisins. They appear as soon as the light goes on in the morning. If I get busy and don't feed them immediately they've been known to peck on the window to remind me.

[Sid Overbey]

Beautiful detail, really sharp. I like the red wall, but I am not sure about the flower on the left. Nice shot.

[Robert Amoruso]

Paul,

THe perch and the BG are used well here to show how close they live among us. The flower is a distraction and a head turn towards you would make the image more intimate - you are looking for eye contact with the bird.

[Jim Poor]

That deep red brick bg is really awesome. I also like the splash of color in the leaves at upper left. I bit of a head turn toward the camera would be nice.

[Julie Kenward]

I like the flower in the ULC but only because it fits so nicely with the head position. The red brick BG sure does set off the bird.